https://www.matthewshimmel.com/slideshow daily 0.75 2020-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1523413818490-6JPV4SRMP4EJCEV8V7GT/Farm+Painting+2.jpg Home Director | DP | Editor "You can't go back after a while. You just can't." A funny, heartbroken, and sincere look at the past while slouching towards an inevitable future. A farewell to home, and a meditation on that special kind of sadness where all you can do is bow your head and smile. Contact me for screening information. Ojai Film Festival | 2018 Official Selection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1532970060934-EWWAPMEH9G617MFBR8J1/Pageant+Mom+Cover+Art.jpg Home Director | DP | Editor A music video collaboration with Chicago band Pageant Mom, “a North Carolinian and a Southern Californian making music together in Chicago.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1547920105596-M9RANH8TBK0G4WZ8ZMTB/image-asset.jpeg Home DP | Editor I’ve always felt funny about my face. A video art homage to B.P. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1523332175488-7VWX0MR86WK6UNHHU4CG/static+thumbnail.jpeg Home Editor | Writer | Colorist "The City of Chicago is your home." Made in collaboration with Lucia Ahrensdorf and Mary Otoo, this Guerrilla TV-inspired doc chronicles 7 tempestuous days in Chicago and the news media. Distributed by Media Burn on November 6, 2018, to coincide with midterm elections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1596321166120-GSDLQHAB1NWWW5900PL6/Farm+Painting+2.jpg Home Director | DP | Editor An upcoming doc short about retirement, social media, and loving bicycles. 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Made in collaboration with Lucia Ahrensdorf and Mary Otoo, this Guerrilla TV-inspired doc chronicles 7 tempestuous days in Chicago and the news media. Distributed by Media Burn on November 6, 2018, to coincide with midterm elections. https://www.matthewshimmel.com/my-little-friend daily 0.75 2018-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1523209487776-HBJFPFPTLRSBTHPA9T9E/My+Little+Friend.jpeg My Little Friend   Cowriter | Second Unit Director A woman finds her roleplaying phone game too consuming. Winner of Fire Escape Films' 48 Hour Film Festival (2017).   https://www.matthewshimmel.com/freelance-video daily 0.75 2023-05-10 https://www.matthewshimmel.com/freelance-editing daily 0.75 2023-03-22 https://www.matthewshimmel.com/velveteen daily 0.75 2018-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1523210509290-AYS4DFQUIPXF296SLN2T/Char+and+Jul.JPG Velveteen   Writer | Director A web-series about memory, music, first love, and the city of Chicago. In development.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1523332919240-1T20B271XVV7CPGLIHCR/7G2A1013.JPG Velveteen https://www.matthewshimmel.com/the-kind-of-world-where-we-belong daily 0.75 2018-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1523413818490-6JPV4SRMP4EJCEV8V7GT/Farm+Painting+2.jpg The Kind of World Where We Belong Director | DP | Editor "You can't go back after a while. You just can't." A funny, heartbroken, and sincere look at the past while slouching towards an inevitable future. A farewell to home, and a meditation on that special kind of sadness where all you can do is bow your head and smile. Contact me for screening information. Ojai Film Festival | 2018 Official Selection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1523413791352-C8XCI7T19QZ052PRO8V9/Farm+Painting+2.jpg The Kind of World Where We Belong https://www.matthewshimmel.com/sweet-16-1 daily 0.75 2018-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1523204517071-MT2SM6TDYDAIXSVM51MY/vlcsnap-2018-04-05-21h06m41s229.jpeg Sweet 16   Director | DP | Editor Starring Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts actress Margaret Glazier. A horror short about growing up--and not just for people. 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A horror short about growing up--and not just for people. Shot on Kodak 16mm film and a Bolex camera.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1522990185972-AYAE3ILN35XQ8Z1XI7UB/vlcsnap-2018-04-05-21h06m41s229.jpeg Sweet 16 https://www.matthewshimmel.com/el-fenomeno daily 0.75 2020-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1532962792404-D7RIMDYIH5DO4FADN3ZH/Glorimar%27s+Uncle.jpg El Fenómeno (In Development) Camera Operator | Demo Editor "An individual phenomenon can turn into a collective one." Shot and edited for director Glorimar Marrero Sánchez, El Fénomeno focuses on three men in the Puerto Rican diaspora--un boxeador, un activista, y un enfermo--to track the island's relationship to gay culture and history of HIV stigma. https://www.matthewshimmel.com/pageant-mom-down daily 0.75 2020-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1532970060934-EWWAPMEH9G617MFBR8J1/Pageant+Mom+Cover+Art.jpg Pageant Mom - "Down" Director | DP | Editor A music video collaboration with Chicago band Pageant Mom, “a North Carolinian and a Southern Californian making music together in Chicago.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1532970157791-0MXGEUX2G8U8QZ95G399/Veronica+Green.jpg Pageant Mom - "Down" https://www.matthewshimmel.com/my-face daily 0.75 2019-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1547920105596-M9RANH8TBK0G4WZ8ZMTB/image-asset.jpeg My Face DP | Editor I’ve always felt funny about my face. A video art homage to B.P. https://www.matthewshimmel.com/punch-9 daily 0.75 2021-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1565197240422-K01JQ9NOPBIRDQW45UI6/b-Muhammad_Ali.jpg Punch 9: For Harold Washington Associate Producer | Researcher "I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped." Punch 9: For Harold Washington traces the powerful story of Chicago’s former mayor, the city that catapulted him to office, and the country that looked to him during a rising tide of conservatism and fear. Backed by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Field Foundation of Illinois. To donate, visit our Kickstarter! https://www.matthewshimmel.com/my-fathers-bicycles-instagram daily 0.75 2023-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1596321166120-GSDLQHAB1NWWW5900PL6/Farm+Painting+2.jpg My Father's Bicycle's Instagram Director | DP | Editor An upcoming doc short about retirement, social media, and loving bicycles. Contact me for screening information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1596321221931-F2HN2GC042XEYOQTONU0/Phone+Smile.jpg My Father's Bicycle's Instagram https://www.matthewshimmel.com/freelance-portfolio daily 0.75 2023-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1596411228046-KQ4XBN7BS7J3JN7L07EX/7G2A1505.JPG Freelance Portfolio - Freelance Video Freelance Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1597269711799-6XCAH05K8SEJ0HAW388V/Body%2BShop.jpg Freelance Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1597269143981-91O8ROEJ8R1LBUZZ4JT8/Washington+Thumbnail.png Freelance Portfolio https://www.matthewshimmel.com/creative-portfolio daily 0.75 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1597517466969-5AV3JURH06UBKO2PIXHH/Farm+Painting+Left+Third.jpg Creative Portfolio - The Kind of World Where We Belong Director, Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1597524408012-WTOAJ6CX7RIM52N0YL7U/Screen+Shot+2020-08-15+at+3.45.10+PM.png Creative Portfolio - Punch 9 for Harold Washington Assoc. 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Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1597692775630-TRYA495IPD0KL0L56BUW/Margaret+Headshot.jpeg Creative Portfolio - Sweet 16 Director, Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1597535500824-N6MSUJ0T4GV057NQJRIK/Orlando+Cruz+Still.png Creative Portfolio - El Fenómeno Editor, Camera Op https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1597693202815-BYC22TJ1PM831XZ1ZPIM/My+Little+Friend+1080p.jpeg Creative Portfolio - My Little Friend Cowriter, Codirector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1597692279526-JWV6UFI41KEXS2TOHBDN/Veronica+Laurels.jpg Creative Portfolio - Pageant Mom - “Down” Director, Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1600984781340-8E9KCBZNCL3LIZMR53E3/Phone+Smile+Laurels.jpg Creative Portfolio - My Father’s Bicycle’s Instagram Director, Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1622928230270-NYXQCQV0TNTDH4ZUZ4XR/FEMA_1807_RobertEplett_Freeway.jpeg Creative Portfolio - Faultlands (In Progress) Director, Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1597523762086-FBKZ3UY5Z5BZNA47CX4U/Seven+Days+Overexposed+Left+Third.jpg Creative Portfolio - Seven Days Overexposed Editor, Colorist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1597693062868-M4DJN72HL6031Q7E2BYE/Your+Face+Still.jpg Creative Portfolio - My Face Director, Editor https://www.matthewshimmel.com/faultlands daily 0.75 2023-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abd7debfcf7fd6c4c519a40/1622928736771-PBCV4GFFR6WC5YWEV0MW/FEMA_1711_Statue.jpg Faultlands Director | Editor “I just hold my breath and wait for the next one.” A haunting meditation on the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, “Faultlands” examines a natural disaster through the stories of those that survived it—and the systemic issues that enabled it. https://www.matthewshimmel.com/livestream-test daily 0.75 2021-06-08